MeSH note : from Listeria monocytogenes; ivanolysin O from L. ivanovii and seeligerolysin O from
L. seeligeri have been sequenced (Biochim Biophys Acta 1992;1130(1):81-4); sulfhydryl-activated
toxin; is able to lyse cholesterol containing membranes; can be reversibly inactivated
by oxidation; cholesterol is the receptor for the binding of these toxins to eukaryotic
cell membranes;